6.21.2005

Illustration Friday: Black & White

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Black & white is the theme for this week's Illustration Friday, and so I just had to do it. I eeked out minutes here and there, spanning a couple of days, to work on it. Just a simple scene of some dude at a bar. That's all. Kinda dark bar, but that's the way those places usually seem to me, anyway. That is, if I ever find myself in one. Not much of a drinker, so this kind of environment is so foreign to me. Plus, I wanted to evoke the look of film noir a bit, with the harsh darks and spot lighting. I had fun with this IF entry.

Mr. O-Matic, you take the cake, seemingly every time. This is stellar, the best thing I've come across on IllustrationFriday since I stumbled in here. It channels Frank Miller, Bill Watterson (makes me recall Calvin's "Tracer Bullet" persona) – just excellent. Congrats.

Very impressive! The eyes say it all, when I first looked he looked like he was about to say "what you looking at?" but now looking at it again they seem to have more of a "Don't talk to me, I've had it in the neck all day and I'm about to snap..." feel to them. Great work Ward, as always!

I also had to double-take it at first glance, I could of sworn it was Professor Eutonium from the powerpuff girls, I think I need some sleep :)

Hey guys, thanks again for all the compliments. I needed my ego stroked, as it's been a tiresome week. To borrow an idea from Rick Lovell (see very first comment here), I was thinking about posting up a "how-to" on how I did this piece. Anybody curious? And for the record, no charcoal or pastels were used here. Just a trusty pencil and some Photoshop magic.

OMG how you draw ! you capture the mood, atmosphere, character etc. so beautifully, just enough in your wonderful textured shadings and line to say what you want to say, nothing extraneous, and make it look like it's done with such ease. I am always amazed. (and would most definitely love to see a how to !)

dude that would be an awesome idea. a how to on that piece and you didnt even use charcoal or pastel. i love getting new ides for some of my existing pieces that never get past the sketch book page. im totally interested. :)